Uncle Tom Wins

Uncle Tom Wins
Production
company
Distributed byEdison Studios
Release date
  • April 30, 1909 (1909-04-30)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Uncle Tom Wins is a 1909 American film.[1] It was made by Edison Pictures.[2] The film features a modified version of the character of Uncle Tom from Uncle Tom's Cabin; although its plot has nothing in common with that novel. In this film, Uncle Tom wins the lottery and has his hiding place for the loot sought after by thieves.[3][4] It is a short comedy film incorporating "race humor".[5] Another account describes the film as featuring stereotypical minstrel themes.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ Waller, Gregory A. (1992). "Another Audience: Black Moviegoing, 1907-16". Cinema Journal. 31 (2): 3–25. doi:10.2307/1225141. JSTOR 1225141.
  2. ^ Chalmers, J.P., ed. (April 24, 1909). "Edison Manufacturing Company: Uncle Tom Wins". The Moving Picture World. 4 (7): 525.
  3. ^ Lupack, Barbara Tepa (2002). Literary Adaptations in Black American Cinema: From Micheaux to Morrison. University Rochester Press. ISBN 978-1-58046-103-0 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ Lupack, Barbara Tepa (1999). Nineteenth-century Women at the Movies: Adapting Classic Women's Fiction to Film. Popular Press. ISBN 978-0-87972-805-2 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ Cripps, Thomas (1993). Slow Fade to Black: The Negro in American Film, 1900–1942. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-502130-1 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ Lupack, Barbara (2016). Early Race Filmmaking in America. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-43425-2 – via Google Books.


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